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Digital Media Bank ID: 8179
Original Filename: dmas_fa208948_d01_ab10.jpg
Description: Photograph from the Local History collection
Categories: Timeline/ 1810s, People/ George IV  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: CC BY-SA
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Type (of Object or Artwork): Hand-coloured etching with aquatint
Title (of Artwork / Object): Comet of 1811
Creator (of Artwork / Object): T Moon
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): January 1811
Description (Object or Artwork): George IV as a comet, The Earl of Moira, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Erskine, the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Derby, three Grenville brothers and Lord Grey pictured in the comet's tail. Purchased by the Royal Pavilion & Museums with the assistance of the Art Fund, the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Pilgrim Trust and the Royal Pavilion Foundation from the Kenneth Baker Collection in 2010.
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Other Keywords: comet,earl,duke,lord
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Size: 5.26 MB; 4414 x 3582 pixels; 374 x 303 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Landscape
Administrative info
Linked Accession no.: FA208948
Date Created: Thu Mar 31 11:43:00 BST 2011